**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|1|January|2023|**To**|31|December|2023| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Bright Start Education and Mentorship Programme **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 119305 Bright Start UK ||| |---|---| |
14a Harpenden Road|| |
St Albans|| |London|| |**Postcode**|**AL3 5AD**| **Charity's principal address** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Charles Anthony
Pringle|Chairman||| ||Zilla Margaret
Schuurmans-
Stekhoven|Secretary||| ||Andre Strydom|Treasurer||| ||Andrew George
Porton|Trustee||| ||Wendy Theresa
Garrard|Trustee||| ||Amy Iris von
Engelhardt-
Schoenheyden|Trustee||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address NA** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods - By a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; The following policies were adopted: - Data Privacy Policy - Grant Making Policy - - Memorandum of Understanding between Bright Start South Africa and Bright Start UK - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** For the public benefit, to advance the education of children living in deprived or disadvantaged areas in South Africa including but without limitation by **Summary of the objects of the** providing grants to Bright Start South Africa to support education and provide **charity set out in its governing** activities and projects that are charitable according to the laws of England and **document** Wales 2 ## Main activities undertaken: - Selection of Bright Start South Africa as the core charity to support and signature of the memorandum of understanding between the 2 organisations - Provision of coaching and mentoring to staff in South Africa - Establishing a structure for managing the charity such as: coaching for education manager, opening of a bank account (completed) and fundraising channels, registration for Gift Aid (completed) - Capacity development and strategic input to Bright Start South Africa - • Fundraising **Summary of the main activities** • Fundraising **undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees** All trustees declare that they have had regard to the guidance issued by the **have had regard to the guidance** Charity Commission on Public Benefit **issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Main achievements: - Progress made in conversations with potential fundraisers - Agreement and relationship development with Bright Start South Africa - Capacity development and strategic advice given to Bright Start South Africa - Development of the Website and Social Media presence 4 Settlon E Flnanclal revlew The chariiy has commenced operalions aNrl as of yet Llo not have any $18nllicant fixed costs to maSntaSn other than ￿nk Charges. The trustee5 have IhÈrÈforedechled to malntain erwh re5ew io cover any F#)55ible bank char8e5. 8rfef statemtnt of the ¢h•rfiVs pollryon Al end ol the year. the Iwds avallable ¢o¥ef theannu•l bank £har8¢s pald during 20Z3 than 3.2 times. The reserves •re therelore sufflciert at ihls 51a8e. Should operatH)n5 expand to Such a delfee that more fixed overheads are uired. the reserye VAII be reviewed the t#)ard off injstees. D•t•Ms olany m•twl•lly In Nodefiat to reporL Furth•rfknarKl•l r•¥l•w d•￿iLl IOp¢ion•l hthmmionl The prfr*lpal sourc¢of fvnds wlll be donat6ohs frorn the publ1¢ ihrou8h vartous ful￿ fa￿1￿ I1￿tIat￿ You may thooje to 5ndude a¢Jditional informa16on, rde¥ant èbout.. the charivs prfn¢lp•l sources of funds lincludln8 any fundr4i5inRI.' how expenditure h•$ 5UPPOrted the key object￿& ol the ¢h4rity.' Inwstment pollcy and oblettives in¢luding any ¢thl¢al investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The irustees deflare that they have approved the tru5tees' report abDVe. 5*n•d ￿ beh•Wolth• ￿￿￿￿$trUSt•eI hAI n•melsl Poslllon Irf 5¢cretsry, Ch41r, ChaAesknthonyPriwle Chairman Andre lirydom Treasurer •te 1411012024 |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**BRIGHT START EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |01/01/2023
Period start date
**To**
**For the period from**|31/12/2023
Period end date||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20 587**
**4 169**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24 756**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24 756**
**109**
**25 750**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25 859**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25 859**
**- 1 103**
**-**
**1 456**
**353**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20 587**
**4 169**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24 756**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24 756**
**109**
**25 750**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25 859**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25 859**
**- 1 103**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations received|**20 587**||**-**||**1 211**| |Gift aid receipts|**4 169**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**24 756**||||**1 211**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||| ||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||**-**||**1 211**| ||||||| |Bank charges|**109**||**-**||**-**| |Grants awarded|**25 750**||**-**||**60**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**25 859**||||**60**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**|||||| ||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||||**-**||**60**| ||||||| ||**- 1 103**||
**-**||**1 151**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**
**1 456**|**-**| ||**1 456**||**-**||**-**| ||**353**||
**-**|**353**|**1 151**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 2024/10/11 1 Sectlon B Statement ol assets and liabilitios at the end of the period lund 4110124 2WIry11